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Jan Zamoyski Main building of the Academy. The Zamoyski Academy (Polish: Akademia Zamojska; Latin: Hippaeum Zamoscianum; 1594–1784) was an academy founded in 1594 by Polish Crown Chancellor Jan Zamoyski. It was the third institution of higher education to be founded in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
The Zamoyski Academy: the heart of an ideal city - Polish History. 429th anniversary of establishment. The grand opening of the Zamoyski Academy took place on 15 March 1595. This first Polish private university was located in a city purposefully built to reflect Renaissance ideals. by Piotr Bejrowski.
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Zamostia Academy (Замостська or Замойська академія; Zamostska or Zamoiska akademiia; Polish: Akademia Zamojska). An institution of higher education founded in 1595 by Jan Zamoyski, chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland; located in Zamostia ( Zamość ), a city in the Kholm region.
Zamoyski Academy Explained. The Zamoyski Academy (Polish: Akademia Zamojska; Latin: Hippaeum Zamoscianum; 1594–1784) was an academy founded in 1594 by Polish Crown Chancellor Jan Zamoyski. It was the third institution of higher education to be founded in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
In 1594, Jan Zamoyski founded the Zamoyski Academy in Zamość. The city, however, faced numerous invasions, including a Cossack siege led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky , the leader of the uprising against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1648–1654), and another siege during the Swedish Deluge in 1656.
An understanding of the cultural approach pursued by the academy in the early decades of its activity has to start from the ambitions and interests of its founder Zamoyski, who was able to command powers which were in some ways greater than those of the royal house itself.
The Zamoyski Palace was the head, the Zamoyski Academy and the Collegiate Church were the lungs, the Town Hall was arranged at the heart, and Grodzka Street formed the backbone running from the Palace to Bastion VII. The bastions embodied elbows, knees and hands to be used for defence.
